BlockGluck, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Canadian River Breaks census division. It stands on Indian Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pleasant Valley quadrangle. It stands 3,314 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1934 USGS Cliffside quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS Cliffside quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Pleasant Valley quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Amarillo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Amarillo quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Amarillo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
78 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Gluck between 2006 and 2020, burning about 36,027 acres in total. 4 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 25 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KINIE |
| 13 September 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LXRE |
| 12 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | US 287@ AMARILLO CREEK |
| 3 August 2011 | Natural | 13 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LX RANCH FIRE |
| 20 August 2020 | Natural | 3,148 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RIVIERA PARK |
| 10 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1404 |
| 5 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BROADWAY |
| 4 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MOBLY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chunky | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Juilliard | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Puente | 6.7 miles | 10 | |
| Pleasant Valley | 7.5 miles | 11 | |
| Mayer | 8.2 miles | 8 | |
| Cliffside | 9.4 miles | 11 | |
| Amarillo | 10.0 miles | 8 | |
| Bishop Hills | 10.3 miles | 11 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q22076494 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379840. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.